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Fitness Experts Endorse Wii For Health Benefits
The International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA) has released results of a new survey into exercise and video games, finding that technologies such as Nintendo's Wii "may prove to be just what fitness experts are looking for to help their clients get more active". Dr. Josh Trout, Professor of Kinesiology at California State University Chico, who specializes in video game technology and ...
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Teach Your Children Well: For Healthy Habits, It's Best to Start Young
Nate Bleszinski used to grab three cookies every time he passed the kitchen cabinets. At McDonald's, he'd order a quarter-pounder with cheese and a six-piece chicken-nugget meal. On pizza night, he might have four or five slices. He loved Cheese Nips and bagels, and when his mother, Marianne, cooked a well-balanced meal of chicken, rice and veggies, he'd eat mostly rice -- and lots of it.
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Eating disorders are focus of 'Love Your Body'
Come for keynote, stay for free massage The University of Utah, Westminster College and Salt Lake Community College will sponsor "Love Your Body Week," today through Thursday. The conference is meant to help people with eating disorders and parents of children who might have eating disorders. Here is a schedule of events: Today: "Challenges and Rewards of Eating Disorder Recovery," ...
Source: www.sltrib.com

Smog shrouds picturesque peaks
Utah's world-class mountain peaks have been barely visible at times from the floor of the Salt Lake valley. A winter storm that won't quit? No, it's nasty pollution that just won't blow away.
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Myths won't help you get fit
Most fitness professionals have seen or heard it all. Miracle diets, perfect workouts, promises of flat abs in two minutes a day. Chris Hoover, fitness supervisor at the Jewish Community Center in St. Louis, says he regularly sees people acting on that misinformation.
Source: www.kentucky.com

Walk this way
Take a snowy winter. Add icy roads, slushy sidewalks and below-zero temperatures. Throw in short days, when its dark at 6 a.m. and dark at 6 p.m. Whaddaya get? A treadmill. Folks fed up with the weather and craving a way to exercise are reinventing their outdoor workouts by investing in exercise equipment, especially treadmills. In Colorado Springs, fitness-equipment sales always jump in the ...
Source: www.gazette.com